Look at the picture on the cover. Ask: What do you think this book is going to be about? What kind of animals are they? What is the big raccoon doing? Do you think they know each other and how? After reading a few pages go back and see if we were right.

Look at the picture on the cover. Ask: What do you think this book is going to be about? What kind of animals are they? What is the big raccoon doing? Do you think they know each other and how? After reading a few pages go back and see if we were right.

This text is a favorite for the beginning of the year in the early grade levels. There are other books written by this author that focus on the same characters and structure. Some of the other texts written by Audrey Penn include:

• A Pocket Full of Kisses 
• Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories 
• Chester the Brave 
• Chester and the Big, Bad Bully 
• A Kiss Goodbye

Possible words: forest, secret, and scamper.